WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT AND NEW AT 11 CAPTURED AND IN CUSTODY, THE FEAR AND WORRY IN THE
NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURBS START
TO FADE AS POLICE FIND A PERSON
OF INTEREST IN A DEADLY PARADE
SHOOTING BUT SADLY FOR TOO MANY
FAMILIES THAT GRIEF PAIN AND
CONFUSION WON’T LET UP FOR A
LONG TIME. IF EVER THIS
TERRIFYING DAY STARTED, LIKE SO
MANY OTHER FOURTH OF JULY’S WITH
PICTURE PERFECT PARADE IN THE
TOWN OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS
, AND THEN SUDDENLY, A HELL OF
BULLETS RAINED DOWN ON THE
CROWD. SIX PEOPLE DIED IN THE
ATTACK. AT LEAST 20-6 ARE
HOSPITALIST WITHIN HOURS, POLICE
IDENTIFIED 22 YEAR OLD ROBERT
CREMO, THE THIRD AS A PERSON OF
INTEREST. A SHORT TIME LATER, HE
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER
POLICE SPOTTED HIM IN THIS
SILVER HONDA, WHICH IS BEING
PROCESSED RIGHT NOW, FOR
EVIDENCE ARE NICK MONACELLI IS
LIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK TONIGHT.
OTHER PEOPLE TELLING YOU ABOUT
THIS HORRIBLE, TERRIFYING CHAIN
OF EVENTS. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN
SPEAKING WITH FOLKS. IT IS ONE
OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO
ASK TWICE WHEN YOU ASK THEM WHAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE
SUCH A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT
HAD BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AT THE
PARADE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. AND
THEN STARTED RUNNING DOWN
CENTRAL AVENUE, TRYING TO FIND A
SAFE PLACE TO GO BECAUSE THEY
HONESTLY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEY
WERE GOING TO GO. WHERE WERE THE
BULLETS COMING FROM? WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE?
I’D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S
HAPPENING HERE. THIS IS STILL A
VERY ACTIVE SCENE. AND WILL BE
FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS THE
EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS AND
INVESTIGATORS PROCESS EVERY
SQUARE INCH OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE
STROLLERS AND BIKES AND CHAIRS
ALL STREWN ABOUT JUST THROWN
ABOUT BECAUSE AGAIN PEOPLE WERE
LITERALLY RUNNING FOR THEIR
LIVES. AN INDEPENDENCE DAY
SCARRED FOREVER IN THIS NORTHERN
CHICAGO MAIN STREET KIND OF
TOWN, A SHOOTER PERCHED ON TOP
OF THE ROOF, KILLING SIX AND
WOUNDING 24. OTHERS. ALL THE
VICTIMS ARE BETWEEN EIGHT. AND
85 YEARS OLD. IT’S HORRIFIC TO
ALWAYS SEE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT
TO EXPERIENCE IT WHERE I LIVE,
IS HONESTLY UNIMAGINABLE.
TONIGHT CENTRAL AVENUE IN
HIGHLAND PARK IS MUCH QUIETER
THAN IT SHOULD BE. IT’S A HARD
DAY BECAUSE THIS IS MY
COMMUNITY. THIS IS MY I’VE LIVED
HERE FOR 57 YEARS ON THE NORTH
SHORE, AND SO IT’S PERSONAL. THE
SUSPECTED GUNMAN RAN AFTER THE
SHOTS. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE
BLENDED IN WITH THE CROWDS
BEFORE VANISHING FOR MOST OF THE
DAY. THEN AROUND SIX PM CENTRAL
TIME AN OFFICER SPOTTED HIM ON
THE LOCAL FREEWAY. THERE WAS A
SHORT CHEESE, AND EVENTUALLY THE
SUSPECT GAVE UP AND WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THAT’S THE END OF A HORRIFYING
DAY. BUT REALITY IS JUST SETTING
IN ALICIA DE LA CRUZ LOST CLOSE
FRIENDS IN THE SHOOTING. BROKE
MY CAR, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ASK PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW. UM WE KNOW IF YOU
OF THEM AND THIS IS NOT FAIR.
BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH PEOPLE. I
CAN TELL YOU. ALICIA’S STORY IS
ONE OF MANY THERE HAVE BEEN
LINES OF PEOPLE COMING TO THIS
INTERSECTION, LOOKING OVER THE
POLICE TAPE AND DISBELIEF AT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT
THEY’RE FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE
GONE THROUGH MANY PEOPLE LOST
LOVED ONES WHO JUST WERE IN SUCH
SHOCK THAT THEY CAME HERE
STARTED BREAKING DOWN AND WALKED
RIGHT BACK AWAY. KIMBERLY AND
KAREN, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO
TAKE A LONG TIME TO HEAL FROM
AND WHAT’S REALLY UNFORTUNATE IS
THAT THIS IS ALMOST BECOME A
PLAYBOOK FOR US IS THAT
UNFORTUNATELY THEY KNOW WHAT TO
DO. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE
MORE REAL. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. THEY JUST
DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
BREAKING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED,
NICK. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS
PERSON OF INTEREST. WE’RE JUST
LEARNING PIECES OF INFORMATION.
WHAT IS NEXT? IN TERMS OF THIS
SUSPECT. SO THAT PERSON OF
INTEREST WAS AS WE MENTIONED
ARRESTED THERE AT THE SCENE
WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED
OVER TAKING INTO CUSTODY NOW AT
THE HIGHLAND PARK PLACE
DEPARTMENTS AT ANY MOMENT, SO
RIGHT NOW IT’S A COUNTY CASE
RIGHT SO THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR
WILL STEP IN. REVIEW THE
EVIDENCE THEY HAVE GATHERED SO
FAR, PROCESS IT AND TALK ABOUT
CHARGES, BUT AT ANY MOMENT THE
FEDS COULD STEP IN AND MAKE THIS
A FEDERAL DOMESTIC TERRORISM
CASE IN WHICH CASE EVERYTHING
SHIFTS, AND THIS BECOMES A MUCH
, MUCH BIGGER PICTURE FEDERAL
SCALE. SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
COMING HOURS AND DAYS, NICK, WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME AND
YOUR EFFORT. OUR COVERAGE OF THE
INVESTIGATION DOES CONTINUE
TOMORROW MORNING AND LOCAL 4
NEWS NICKEL CONTINUE HIS
REPORTS. FROM HIGHLAND PARK ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY THAT SHOW GET
STARTED AT 4 30. ALRIGHT WELL
HERE AT HOME, THE FOURTH OF JULY
WEEKEND WAS JUST ABOUT PICTURE
PERFECT MOST OF THE TIME. BUT AS
A LONG HOLIDAY ENDS, RAIN IS
MAKING A COMEBACK. SO LET’S GET
OVER TO METEOROLOGIST BRIAN
SHERMAN WITH MORE. HI, BRIAN.
GOOD EVENING, KIMBERLY. GOOD
EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M VERY
HAPPY TO REPORT THE FIREWORKS
WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, BUT WE
ARE WATCHING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HEADING OUR WAY.
STORM TRACKER FOR SHOWERS
ALREADY. JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
JACKSON, WORKING TOWARDS ADRIAN
AND THEN JUST PEPPERED ON UP
THROUGH DETROIT UP TOWARDS
STERLING HEIGHTS AS WELL, BUT
THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY SHOWING UP
FROM GRAND RAPIDS OVER TOWARD
MUSKEGON, AND THAT’S JUST THE
BEGINNING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SEE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCHES NOW IN
EFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
WISCONSIN, NORTHERN ILLINOIS
OVER INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. STORM
PREDICTION CENTER NOW SAYING A
NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
INTO MICHIGAN MAYBE NEEDED
WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. AS
WE WATCH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE INTO OUR REGION OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING. STILL VERY WARM FOR 11
O’CLOCK TONIGHT. 80 HERE IN
DETROIT, 78 WORKING INTO HOW 80
RIGHT NOW IN PONTIAC AND 81 OVER
AND ADRIAN A WET START TO
SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO OUR
TUESDAY SEVENTIES EARLY AND IT’S
GOING TO BE HOT. WE’RE WARMING
INTO THE NINETIES. BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON, WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT
OUR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS
AND SOME DRIER WEATHER ON THE
WAY YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BRIAN AND
AS BRIAN JUST SAID, THEY WENT
OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ACROSS METRO DETROIT
ARE RELIEVED TONIGHT THAT THE
RAIN STAYED AWAY LONG ENOUGH TO
LIGHT FIREWORKS LIKE THIS OVER
CLOSING. IT WAS SO GORGEOUS
CELEBRATION RETURNED AFTER TWO
YEARS OF COVID CANCELATIONS.
MARA MACDONALD WAS THERE FOR THE
BIG SHOW. A BEAUTIFUL SHOW AND
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HERE FOR
ALL THE FESTIVITIES LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS. JUST NOT HAVING IT HAS
BEEN REALLY SAD, BUT NO, IT’S
ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT JUST TO
COME HERE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE.
OF COURSE, TRAFFIC’S A
NIGHTMARE. BUT WE CAN DEAL WITH
IT FOR ONE DAY OF THE YEAR. THE
HORROR IN HIGHLAND PARK,
ILLINOIS, NOT SCARING AWAY THE
CROWDS TONIGHT, SOME WHO CAME
FROM VERY FAR AWAY. THIS IS
FRANCIS. MY FATHER IN LAW. THIS
IS THE AVERAGE AND MY MOTHER IN
LAW. SO THEY ALL CAME TO
VISITORS FROM INDIA. THEIR ADULT
CHILDREN ARE HERE NOW IN CLAWSON
WITH THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
FREEDOM COMES AT THE COST. AND
THEN WE NEED TO USE IT WISELY. A
LOT OF LOT OF LIVES HAVE GONE
DOWN FOR TO GET YOU KNOW FREEDOM
FOR THIS COUNTRY AND BE COMING
FROM INDIA. WE KNOW WHAT FREEDOM
IS, WHICH MAKES THIS REUNION
EXTRA SPECIAL. IT’S BEEN 19
YEARS FOR ME IN THIS COUNTRY,
AND HAVING MY FAMILY WITH ME IS
A BLESSING. PECKED YOUR LIVE 40
MINUTES OF SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS
OUT HERE IN CLASS AND TONIGHT
AND A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL LIVE
IN CLASS. AND TONIGHT I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4. NO GORGEOUS
NIGHT. THANK YOU, MARA. AND BY
THE WAY, OUR CAMERA CREWS DID
STOP AT A FEW FOURTH OF JULY
PARADES ALL AROUND METRO DETROIT
TODAY. WE CAN’T SOME OF THE
CELEBRATIONS OVER IN PLYMOUTH.
THIS IS JUST PART OF THE GOOD
MORNING USA PARADE. IT LOOKS
LIKE PEOPLE WERE READY TO JOIN
THE FUNDS SPONSORED BY THE
KATANAS CLUB OF COLONIAL
PLYMOUTH, AND THERE WAS PLENTY
OF MUSIC AND DANCING DOWN RIVER
TO THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
ROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS OF
DOWNTOWN WYANDOTTE. THIS MORNING
, WE’VE SEEN PARADES, BARBECUES
AND CELEBRATIONS ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN SHARED HIS HOPES
AMERICANS WILL CHOOSE TO KEEP
WORKING TOGETHER TO FULFILL
AMERICA’S PROMISE. MANY
AMERICANS LOOK AROUND TODAY AND
SEE A DIVIDED COUNTRY. AND ARE
DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT FACT.
I UNDERSTAND. BUT I BELIEVE
WE’RE MORE UNITED. THEN WE ARE
DIVIDED. EVEN MORE. I BELIEVE
IT’S A CHOICE WE MAKE. AND I
BELIEVE IT’S WITHIN OUR POWER TO
CHOOSE UNITY AND UNITY OF
PURPOSE. PRESIDENT DELIVERED
THOSE COMMENTS ON THE SOUTH LAWN
OF THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT ONE OF
THOSE DIVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY
WAS ON FULL DISPLAY TODAY IS
DOZENS OF WOMEN AND MEN RALLIED
AT GRAND CIRCUS PARK TO DEMAND
ACCESS TO SAFE AND LEGAL
ABORTIONS NOW THE GROWTH OF
ACTIVISTS MARCHED DOWNTOWN,
CUTTING THROUGH ONLOOKERS NEAR
COMERICA PARK. SOME FOLKS
CHEERING THEM ALONG THE WAY RISE
UP ABORTION WAS BEHIND TONIGHT’S
MARCH, AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER
SAYS IT IS PLANNING TO DO THIS
AGAIN TO DEMAND CHANGE. WE HAVE
TO GET OUT IN THE STREETS, AND
YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT
TOLERABLE. THIS IS FORCED
MOTHERHOOD AND THAT EQUALS
FEMALE ENSLAVEMENT. IT’S HARD TO
CELEBRATE THE COUNTRY TODAY,
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT HAS TAKEN
SINCE SUCH A FIRM STANCE AGAINST
WOMEN. HERE IN MICHIGAN, THE
LEGAL FIGHT FOR ABORTION IS
STILL PLAYING OUT. A JUDGE
SUSPENDED IN 1931 LAW BACK IN
MAY THAT MADE ABORTION A CRIME
UNTIL THAT’S SORTED OUT. WE MAY
CONTINUE TO SEE RALLIES ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE. WE’LL KEEP
YOU POSTED. THERE WAS DRAMA AND
SUSPENSE AT THE END OF A
BARRICADE SITUATION IN MOUNT
CLEMENS THAT WENT ON FOR ABOUT
SEVEN HOURS, SOMEONE CALLED 911
IN THE AREA OF CLINTON STREET
NEAR GRATIOT. THEY TOLD POLICE
IN NEIGHBOR HAD A GUN AFTER A
DISPUTE OVER A DOG. WE SAY 64
YEAR OLD MAN FIRED AT OFFICERS
TWICE. THEY EVENTUALLY USED
DRONES AND TACTICAL ROBOT AND
SAW THE MAN WAS ON THE COUCH.
SWAT TEAM MEMBERS WENT IN AND
TOOK THE MAN INTO CUSTODY. HE
SEEMED TO HAVE A GUNSHOT WOUND
ON HIS ARM. THE DEPUTY WHO MAY
HAVE HIT HIM WHEN EXCHANGING
GUNFIRE IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE